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The Naked ScientistsQuick fire facts on hot science news stories...chris@thenakedscientists.comnoThe Naked ScientistsDriverless CarsIt has been announced by the government that driverless cars will be trialled on the roads of the UK by January 2015. The Ministry for Transport has invited cities to compete to host one of 3 trials. But the UK aren&apos;t the first to allow testing on...Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:07:14Robotics,Sensors,cars,Transport,Technology,2015,cities,government,california,testing,roads,host,trialled,public,carried,uk,testing,naked scientistsnohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/6b3206af-de14-421b-8e87-70fe5e9a31ed
SupermoonLast weekend, many people will have noticed the moon looking especially bigand bright. This is because of a phenomenon known as the supermoon....Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:06:06naked scientists, moon, tides, astronomynohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/c5c1131e-9936-40d4-9007-47c08c71cb86
SmallpoxUS government this week discovered vials of smallpox virus whilst cleaning out an old storeroom. This was shocking, as it was thought that the only 2 remaining samples were securely stored in Atlanta and Russia. It is not yet known if the samples fou...Wed, 09 Jul 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:07:25naked scientists, virus, vaccine, smallpoxnohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/04d05a90-4398-4117-9ff9-96586d4d4434
Captive breedingLast week, the 2nd to last to last wild born Spix&apos;s Macaw died. The 40 year old parrot, named Presley, was thought to have inspired the film Rio- about a pet parrot who is discovered and taken to join a captive breeding programme. Spix&apos;s Maca...Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:07:04naked scientists, genetics, breeding, birds, biologynohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/1ad99da2-c406-4c9d-b7aa-81ffcf4eee85
The Lethal InjectionCapital punishment hasn&apos;t been used in the UK since 1964, however many countries, including the USA and China, still execute prisoners ever year. This week the USA has carried out its first lethal injections since the botched execution of convict ...Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:07:00naked scientists, lethal injection, needle, death row, USA, Clayton Lockett,nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/010180fd-84b4-4cfd-ba8d-61f0f3d3f1df
The Turing TestThis week a computer program reportedly passed the &apos;Turing test&apos; for the first time, tricking people into believing it is human. This was part of a competition run by Reading University to commemorate the 60th anniversary of death of the test...Wed, 11 Jun 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:06:45naked scientists, alan, turing, qotw, test, artificial, intelligence, eugene, goostmannohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/828d4e83-04d0-417f-ba4c-93eee2563beb
EcstasyThis week, Alexander Shulgin, the so called &apos;Godfather of ecstasy&apos; died peacefully in his sleep. The 88 year old is best known for introducing MDMA, the active molecule in ecstasy, to psychologists in the 1970s, and also synthesised and teste...Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:07:06nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/c315995a-63fb-44ae-905d-ff7c5921451c
World's Largest DinosaurThis week, a farm worker in Argentina stumbled upon what has turned out to be a bone belonging to the largest known dinosaur to have ever walked the planet. Here&apos;s your Quick Fire Science on the find, with Kate Lamble and Dave Ansell... ...Wed, 21 May 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:06:28naked scientists, dinosaur, sauropod, biggest, bone, world, diplodocus, argentinosaurus, argentina, findnohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/1d86f70c-11a9-4c8b-a2cd-f07553e8fc2b
Coal Mining DangersThis week news broke that Turkey had suffered its worst ever mining disaster after an explosion and fire in a mine in Soma claimed almost three hundred lives. But why are explosions such a risk when mining? Dave Ansell and Kate Lamble have your Quick F...Wed, 14 May 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:07:19nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/fa2b3ec8-3d44-4a82-ba2f-1e0f9bae3aa0
AsthmaThis week the Royal College of Physicians have issued a report looking at the standard of asthma care in the UK. There are over 5 million asthmatics in Britain, and last year there were more than 1000 deaths from the condition, one of the highest rat...Wed, 07 May 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:07:16naked scientists, asthma, attack, royal college of physicians, treatment, curenohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/b56c238d-12b8-4bff-bf09-82cb0a745686
Plane StowawayThis week, a teenage boy survived the 5 hour flight from California to Hawaii, hidden in the wheel well of a plane. Experts are astonished that he seems to be unharmed- but just how amazing is his survival? Here are Kate Lamble and Dave Ansell with ...Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:06:46naked scientists, airplane, aeroplane, plane, stowaway, wheel well, teenage, flight, hypoxia, hypothermianohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/3ac78180-affe-4e14-ac7f-cb49e877871c
World Autism Awareness DayWednesday, the 2nd of April was World Autism Awareness Day so to help you get to grips with this often misunderstood condition here&apos;s your Quick Fire Science with Hannah Critchlow and Kate LambleWed, 02 Apr 2014 23:00:00 GMT00:07:01nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/9eb588d4-9579-460b-9a84-e239c3813a52
Black Box RecordersNow that Malaysian Airways Flight MH370 has officially been acknowledged to have ended in the southern Indian Ocean with all lives lost, attentions have turned to recovering wreckage and piecing together what events might have lead to its crash. It...Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT00:07:34nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/049ed317-e9fb-4798-a92a-c8768698670b
Air Traffic CommunicationWith the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 still missing after nearly two weeks, some people are asking how you can lose a plane? But with over 6000 aeroplanes flying above us every day it&apos;s essential that air traffic control keeps in contact with t...Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT00:07:21nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/6c19d736-97c8-48c6-b89d-cfe59b53a42e
Northern LightsLast week much of the UK witnessed the spectacular displays of the Northern Lights, but what causes this phenomenal natural light show? Here&apos;s your quick fire science on the aurora borealis...Thu, 06 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT00:06:39nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/e7e79019-9d0b-405a-a5b6-d23c75370278
Winter OlympicsThe Winter Olympics are finishing in Sochi, Russia this week. But it&apos;s not just the athletes who&apos;ve spent the last four years training for the event. Engineers and designers have also been working to reduce times and grab golds on the slopes....Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT00:07:17nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/71e83980-4401-4056-bb84-91de81aef503
Marius the GiraffeLast week a young, physically healthy giraffe called Marius in a zoo in Copenhagen was put down, amidst an uproar from animal lovers. The zoo argued that it had to be done to prevent inbreeding, and produce a healthier population of giraffes. Here&apos...Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT00:06:46nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/6b7376b9-2418-4814-854d-b9e66597578d
Medically Induced ComasThis week doctors are trying to bring Formula One Racing Star Michael Schumacher out of a coma which was medically induced following a skiing accident.To find out more about why medically induced comas are thought to help people with brain injuries Her...Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT00:06:29nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/891b364a-9158-4f21-bc75-fa991d00880b
Purple TomatoesPurple tomatoes might soon be making their way onto our dinner plates as the genetically modified fruit is currently being mass produced in Canada. The tomatoes which contain anthocyanin compounds normally found in deeply coloured berries are hoped to ...Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT00:06:36nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/00f17610-b920-4118-9aac-cd03a32fabd2
Keeling Curve CrowdfundingCrowd funding programmes like Kick-starter have been used to raise money for music projects and Hollywood films, but now it could even be used to raise funding for long running scientific projects. The so-called Keeling Curve is the world&apos;s longes...Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT00:07:14nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/44f0f30b-b45c-46a2-a3cd-dd9fe32c680f
Polar VorticesThis week, Hell literally froze over, as the small Michigan town of Hell experienced temperatures of minus 17 degrees Celsius. And Hell wasn&apos;t alone temperatures across the United States have plummeted to record lows as cold air from the Arctic ha...Thu, 09 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT00:06:44nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/a4bdb566-14ad-4559-9fa5-d6c6f7070260
Exploring MarsNASA&apos;s Curiosity rover landed on Mars in August 2012, and it has spent that past 15 months exploring a region of the planet called Gale Crater. This week the team running the rover reported on what they&apos;ve found so far, and so here&apos;s you...Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT00:07:29nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/a4e33f57-3e46-4c30-8eff-37884394932d
Renewable energy generationThe UK government has this week announced changes to its subsidies for renewable energy generation. But how much energy does the UK generate using renewables? Here&apos;s your quickfire science on renewable energy with Dominic Ford and Dave Ansell.Thu, 05 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT00:06:26nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/0f22e14c-8e76-4eeb-bd31-3b9f2d9dbad2
AIDS Awareness WeekThis week is AIDS Awareness Week. It is thought that, worldwide, 35 million people carry the HIV virus, and although current drugs work well to prevent AIDS, there is no cure in sight. Here&apos;s your Quick Fire Science on the history and science of H...Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT00:07:21nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/0be90dbf-0c9d-4872-bc2c-aa4d0c35c6b5
World Toilet DayThe 19th November was World Toilet Day. Established in 2001, the event seeks to draw attention to global sanitation and health problems associated with a lack of toilets, and break the taboo associated with the topic. Here&apos;s your quick fire scienc...Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT00:07:08nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/14f0ce2c-2d13-4bb3-9a64-8787123251bc
What is opiumThis week, reports suggest that the 2013 opium harvest in Central and South Asia was the largest on record. But what is opium? Here&apos;s your quick fire science with Kate Lamble and Simon Bishop.Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT00:06:54nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/d1c7c96c-5c80-48f0-b700-89073e8cd538
Giant animalsThis week archaeologists in Queensland, Australia, found part of a fossil from an ancient platypus that was a metre-long. Archaeologists have already found the remains of many giant ancestors of modern creatures, so here&apos;s two modern day giant ani...Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT00:06:52nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/c884342b-5005-4ab3-8d47-3a25db0ee6d3
Gunpowder and FireworksRemember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot. We see no reason, why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot!
So here&apos;s your quick fire science on gunpowder and fireworks just in time for Bonfire Night, with Kate Lamble and...Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT00:07:03nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/53f27378-f4eb-46cf-9789-8e29c79d5ba5
Science of BakingThis week saw the final of the Great British Bake Off, a television programme in which 13 people spend a weekend in a tent, baking cakes and bread. Over 6 million viewers tuned in each week to catch the adventures of the amateur bakers, as they crafted...Tue, 22 Oct 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:07:16nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/07223fc0-3aea-42c7-aa51-a85cc41f2ba3
Invasive SpeciesIt&apos;s official: the UK has a slug problem. This week, researchers from the John Innes Centre in Norwich asked the public for help to help them track down the Spanish slug, a rapidly reproducing invasive species that eats crops and is not deterred b...Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:07:15nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/8cb29cff-3641-42b5-84aa-42eec08480fc
The Nobel PrizesThis week, the Nobel Prizes for medicine, physics and chemistry were awarded. Here&apos;s your quickfire science on the life of the prize&apos;s founder, Alfred Nobel, and past recipients of the award with Matt Burnett and Simon Bishop.Wed, 09 Oct 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:45nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/76cf78aa-5d9e-47bc-a3d8-2c0a148ad191
Mind Boggling Bog BodiesA mummified body known as the Cashel man was recently found to be the oldest so called &apos;bog body&apos; with intact skin anywhere in the world. Here&apos;s your quickfire science on how wetlands can preserve ancient human remains with Kate Lamble a...Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:06:06 GMT00:06:38nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/788ea15e-a3f4-4970-a635-0f06c5fd31c3
MS Costa ConcordiaThis week, salvage experts have been trying to raise the MS Costa Concordia, a cruise liner which partially sank near the island of Giglio off the coast of Italy in January 2012. Here&apos;s the quick-fire science on the Concordia and the salvage opera...Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:29nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/9f88ba2e-58ff-4d22-aa1c-50087b6e2a3d
Giant panda breedingZoo keepers in Edinburgh have said this week that they&apos;re uncertain whether a giant panda in the city&apos;s zoo might give birth to a cub. But why is it so notoriously difficult to get pandas to breed in captivity, and how can there be so much do...Tue, 10 Sep 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:52nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/c3fd545a-7ad7-44fb-afe5-7ea0fefd25f1
Car Cooking SkyscraperYou may have heard this week about a new building at 20 Fenchurch St, in the City of London. The 37-storey skyscraper, which has already been dubbed the &apos;Walkie-talkie&apos; due to its unusual shape, has been blamed for cooking a number of vehicle...Wed, 04 Sep 2013 16:27:51 GMT00:07:05nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/4d9effa4-20c4-49a3-8c3c-be6678864f3d
Nuclear PowerThis week, nuclear expert Mycle Schneider, formerly an adviser to the French and German governments has said that he&apos;s deeply worried about contaminated cooling water leaking from tanks at the site of the Fukushima nuclear reactors.- Huge amoun...Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:44nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/bb3d4b73-2834-420b-9590-bc53fbf9d266
Hyperloop TrainsUS-based entrepreneur Elon Musk is not a man who&apos;s lacking ambition in life. His company Space-X has already built rockets which compete with those used by NASA and the European Space Agency, and last year one of them became the first commercia...Wed, 21 Aug 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:39nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/4742c5eb-d8f6-4593-b8f9-861b61420ba6
Shooting starsThis week, star gazers have been turning their eyes to the sky to look for shooting stars, as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. But what are meteors, and what&apos;s the best way to observe them?Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:11nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/9d9d3706-7889-466e-b99e-64060e660f11
Growing meat in the labThis week the world&apos;s first lab grown beef burger was cooked and eaten in London. But how was it made and why is it important?Wed, 07 Aug 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:26nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/93adbf01-a21e-4d53-aafe-fbad57bee87f
What are Jellyfish?This weeks Quick Fire Science on JellyfishThu, 01 Aug 2013 12:09:30 GMT00:06:04nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/f85a2619-1040-4e7b-9f63-8addbd8773f9
Organ donationThis Sunday sees the start of the 19th World Transplant Games in Durban, South Africa. The games offer the opportunity for those who have undergone a transplant to compete in a variety of competitive sports at the highest level. Here&apos;s the Quic...Wed, 24 Jul 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:32nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/b9bfba2d-26f6-4aa0-be4b-f8c1536b45ed
Man-powered HelicopterThis week, a team at Toronto university won the &quot;Igor I. Sikorsky Competition&quot; by building a man-powered helicopter and flying their machine &quot;Atlas&quot; within a 10mx10m box, at a height of 3m for over a minute.Wed, 17 Jul 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:07:09nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/23683a2f-b8ee-4c16-867d-c1e47ecfef36
A new IVF fertility treatmentA baby has been born in the US using a new genetic screening test for IVF embryosWed, 10 Jul 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:34nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/959fa9e9-90f4-4098-987f-9d797a10564a
WildfiresWhat causes wildfires?Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:23nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/dd72ccd6-d2ac-4051-a92a-e9755601bcb6
Buying a Pint with BitcoinsThe virtual currency &apos;bitcoin&apos; has long been used by gamers to buy extra features online. But now you can spend your savings on real life pints.Tue, 25 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:27nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/5d7843de-6c38-4e21-811b-578a93199227
Helium balloons... and wifiDubbed Project Loon, and with the strapline &quot;Balloon-Powered Internet For Everyone&quot;, Google announces the deployment of a fleet of balloons to bring Internet access and WiFi within reach in remote places...Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:42nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/67b8d28d-3389-47b4-b9e0-b341c13d0499
An Invisibility Cloak for your PetsA team in Singapore have developed an invisibility cloak that can hide goldfish and cats.Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:20nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/a4e19b52-a36f-412e-89ed-0f077b6bca2e
HPV and Oral CancerThis week the actor Michael Douglas revealed in an interview with the Guardian newspaper that he believes the throat cancer he suffered was as a result of infection with the human papillomavirus - HPV - infection he believes he contracted through o...Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:20nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/c6100ae2-f86b-43ce-8f39-fe7f9fa3c6d5
Climbing EverestThis week marks the 60th anniversary of the first complete ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay in 1953. But few people know that had it not been for the failure of one of two competing designs of breathing equipment - a complet...Wed, 29 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:41nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/725c0e00-c37d-42af-95a0-5675ff31474b
Tornado ScienceTragedy struck Oklahoma this week, when a massive tornado at least a mile wide ripped through the town of Moore, injuring 353 and leaving at least 24 people dead. To find out how these destructive forces of nature develop, here&apos;s your Quickfire Sc...Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT00:06:30nohttps://www.acast.com/quick_fire_science_podcast/f375e4ff-7147-4755-a280-af82527db15d